---
name: Maiistas the Epic Poet
name_greek: Μαϊΐστας ὁ ἐποποιός
eul_aid: jom
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/maiistas-the-epic-poet-jom"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Maiistas the Epic Poet

*Μαϊΐστας ὁ ἐποποιός*

**eul_aid:** `jom` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/maiistas-the-epic-poet-jom)

Maiistas was a Hellenistic epic poet of the 3rd to 2nd century BCE. Surviving works include epic verse. Free to read and download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [Aretalogy](https://eulogikon.org/works/maiistas-aretalogy-jom-aa) — *Ἀρεταλογία* · `jom-aa`

## License and provenance

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